Kevin Smith Batman. Really?

So, I am looking at the DC solicits for November on Newsarama and I come across this:

BATMAN: CACOPHONY #1
Written by Kevin Smith
Art by Walt J. Flanagan & Sandra Hope
Cover by Adam Kubert
Variant cover by Andy Kubert
Sketch cover by Andy Kubert
Best-selling comic book writer/director Kevin Smith (GREEN ARROW, Daredevil, Clerks) steps into Gotham City to write this 3-part miniseries event! Practically from out of nowhere, the mysterious masked killer known as Onomatopoeia returns and sets his sights – and sounds – against The Caped Crusader!
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with three covers. For every 25 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Adam Kubert), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Andy Kubert). For every 50 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Adam Kubert), retailers may order one copy of the Sketch Edition (with a cover by Andy Kubert). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.
On sale November 12 • 1 of 3 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US

Several questions pop into my head:
1. Is the whole thing written, or just the first issue? I feel this is a pretty valid question.
2. What does Walt Flanagan's art look like? I know he's Smith's friend and runs his comic shop in Jersey, but can he draw?
3. Based on the previous 2 questions, does DC seriously expect ANYONE to order 25 or 50 copies of this? A 1:10 variant, maybe, but 25. Not a chance. With the possibility of #2 hitting in 2010, sorry.

And I'm really not trying to bash Kevin Smith. I thought Daredevil Guardian Devil and Green Arrow Quiver were excellent stories. But Spider-Man Black Cat and the still unfinished Daredevil: Target make me less than comfortable going heavy on a new book of his with unknown art. And a variant Kubert cover is really not the draw it once was. If the brothers had not botched Batman and Action, there may be more good will towards them, but not now. And a $4 cover price makes this one even more potentially unsellable.

OK, enough of a rant for now. I'll keep reading about what's coming and see if there is anything else of note.